In 2021, the Proving Ground has featured fewer blog entries - but with good reason: This year, I put an emphasis on delivering live webinar presentations on a number of important topics that are the center of Proving Ground's current business: Business Intelligence, Digital Twins, and Data Centralization. These topics are greatly informing our own … Continue reading 2021 Presentations – Business Intelligence, Digital Twins, Data Centralization
How do you eat an elephant? – USC BIM BOP Lecture on July 12!

I am pleased to be participating in this year's BIM BOP conference hosted at the University of Southern California on July 12. My lecture, title "How do you eat an elephant", will consider the digital transformations taking place in the construction industry and all the opportunities and challenges we are seeing in our present work … Continue reading How do you eat an elephant? – USC BIM BOP Lecture on July 12!
Transforming Studio Culture – Notes for an AIA Panel Discussion
This week I am giving several talks at this year's AIA Minnesota conference in Minneapolis. I will be participating in a panel called "Transforming Studio Culture" to discuss the impacts that data and computation are having on studio culture in architecture firms. Here are some notes as I prepare my opening remarks... I find myself in an … Continue reading Transforming Studio Culture – Notes for an AIA Panel Discussion